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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The groundbreaking gave community members integral to the 5th Ward School, now Foster School, the chance to “break ground,” fitted with hard hats and shovels.

Fifth ward school to be named “Foster School” at groundbreaking, decades in the making

July 19, 2024

In 2005, Evanston native Jerome Summers started his fight to reopen a 5th Ward neighborhood school, Foster School, which he had attended through the fifth grade in the ‘60s. That is until he began getting...

Two Oakton Elementary School students sitting in front of a bookshelf in an ACC classroom.

D65 Student Assignment Project discusses magnet programs, African-Centered Curriculum

January 25, 2022

On Saturday, Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Student Assignment Project Committee discussed expanding magnet programs like the African-Centered Curriculum, which serves students in grades K-5 at...

An illustration of a red brick school building with large bubbled question marks in the background.

District 65 Student Assignment Planning survey to close Friday

October 19, 2021

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 staff members and guardians can complete the district’s Student Assignment Planning survey through Friday. The survey is part of a multiyear Student Assignment Plan...

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